Monday, November 08, 2004

No Sleep Til .. ..

If you are unfamiliar with the Beastie Boys song to which I am referring to, I am merely saying that I have had very little sleep recently (at least uninterrupted sleep). Caleb is now cutting his second tooth, I discovered yesterday and has had a weird sleep schedule for quite some time. And try as I might, I cannot seem to find any rhyme or reason. Is it the teething? Or perhaps it is too much napping? Or not enough napping? Maybe something he ate? Maybe he's just being bratty? Or is he uncomfortable? Too cold? Too hot? These are the questions that inevitably go through my head at 1 AM and again at 2:15 AM and so on. Some time after I realize there are no answers to these questions that I can figure out, I start singing songs (in my head, of course) and making up new words to them. The other night it was, no sleep til.. .. peekaboo. It sounded perfectly sane to me at the time. However, the light of day sheds some light on the silliness that is my middle of the night brain functionings.

So, if I am to keep score I would say it is Caleb 53,922 and Me 2. It is a good thing I love him madly.

2 comments:

kelli said...

Oh those long nights. I'm going with bratty. Is that even possible? I don't think Caleb is capable of such things. We could speculate forever and it's probably none of the above. But it doesn't change that fact that you need a nap.

Everyone's got their coping mechanisms. You change 80's rap, I give human attributes to inanimate objects. Such as "Oh, that chair will be sad because it's been a while since I sat in it". I think we know who's crazier.

Charity Lemke said...

Yes, I believe I am the crazy one and since Caleb has already woken up twice this evening and it is only 10:20 in the PM, I am wondering if I should bother trying to sleep. Aaaaahhh but it is nice to vent and know that this has been experienced by others.